Hog-trough.



No. 806,317. PATENTED 1150.5,1905u H.B.BO0KOUT.

HOG THOUGH. APPLICATION FILED JULY 16. 1905.

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H. B. Booxou'r.

HOG TROUGH;

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15 1905.

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IO work and operating means for the trough HUGH 'B. BOOKQU'L] OF SHERMAN, TEXAS.

HOG-THOUGH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 15,; 1906. Serial No. 269,831.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known'that I, HUG B. .BooKou'na citizen ofthe United States, residin man, in the county of Grayson anf- State of TeXas,have-invented certain new and useful %II] llpI'0V6II1611tS in Hog-Troughs,-of which the owing is a specification. This invention embodies a novel form of hog-trough; and the invention includes, es-

sentially, a peculiar. construction offramewhereby the latter may be transported conveniently from. lace to place, theoperating means aforesai being designed to admit of raising or elevating the trough, so asto fill.

the same with feed withoutinterference of the animals. The operating means is also designed to facilitate tilting of the trou hin emptying and. cleaning the same, as 1 be pointed out more clearly hereinafter.

For afull description of the invention and a the merits thereof and also to: acquire a knowledge of thedetailsof construction of the meansfor effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a trough embodying the invention, the same .being elevated and tilted. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal sectional view of. the trough and adjacent framework in which it is mounted.

Fig. 3 .is a top planview. Fig. 4 isan end elevation.

Corresponding and like parts are. referred to inthe following description and indicated 11 in all the views ofthe drawings by the same reference characters.

- by suitable cables or ropes 10 at opposite Specifically describing the invention, the numeral '1 indicates the trough, and thesame is of any suitable formfor feeding a number of animals. The trough is mounted in a framework including spaced pairs of u rights 2 and 3, the latter extending upwardly from transverse beams 4, connected by longitudinally-spaced sills 5. Suitable braces 6 are provided for bracing the uprights 2 and longitudinal bars 7, which connect the upper ends of the pairs of uprights 2 and 3. Transverse bars 8 connect the longitudinal bars 7, which latter incline upwardly toward a point approximately central of the ends thereof.

The means for raisin and lowering the trough 1 includes a drum 9, mounted in suitable bearings carried by the bars 7, said drum being connected at Shrsame upon the beams 4. v The ropes 10, connecting the drum 9 with the ends of thetrough 1, pass over rollers 16,-

ass comprising the ends of the trough 1. Thewindlass-drum 9 is adapted to be turned by means of a crank,

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handle 11, suitably attached to an end thereof and arranged upon the outer side of one of the longitudinal bars 7,. and a pawl 12 is arranged to engage ratchet-teeth 13 atone end of the drum to prevent the drum from back ward rotation after the trough 1 has been .elevated. A handle 14 for the pawl 12 admits. of convenient disengagement of the 'pawl from theratchet-teeth v13, so that the trough may lower until it rests upon the transverse beams 4-at opposite ends of the framework above described.

When resting on the beams 4, the trough is arranged between the longitudinal sills 5 and is therefore not likely tobe moved by the animals as they are feeding. Further,

. movement between the sills 5 by the pro vision of transverse cleats 15, suitably attached to the under side of the bottom of the trough and adapted to abut with the inner sides of the beams 4 and form stops to limit the movement of the trough, in an obvious manner. eled and incline upwardly and outwardly, so

The ends of the cleats 15 are bevthat as the trough lowers said ends may engage with the longitudinal sills and central-l positioning of the ize the trough to facilitate ournaled between theupper ends of the pairs ofend'u rights 2 and 3.

In or er to facilitate the operation of clean ing-out the trough, it is designed that the. same may be raised a predetermined distance untilv one side thereof engages with pins 17, which project from the inner sides of one of .eachof the. opposite pairsaof uprights 2 and;

3, said ins cooperating with the adjacent side of t e troug to cause the same to tilt toward one side when it is raised to a suflicient height, and a handle 18, attached to the side of the trough opposite that which engages the pins 17, may be readily grasped by the o erator, so as to'assist in tilting the troug as above described. In order that the trough may tilt, it is necessary that the uprights 2 and 3 be spaced apart near the upper portions thereo a distance somewhat greater than the width of said trough, and in order that the trough may assume itsnormal position between the sills 5 when lowered it is designed to provide guides 19, arranged IIO , ceptac e in which feed is carried to the trough upon the inner side of one of each pair of uprights 2 and 3.' The guides 19 consist of strips of suitable length having the upper portions thereof beveled, so that the bottom of the trough engaging the beveled portions (indicated at 20) will cause the trough ,to move readily into the space between the guides 19 and the op osite uprights as it is lowered to rest upon t e beams 4.

The operation of the invention is very simple, since it is only necessary to turn the crank-handle 11 to raise the trough to a position where it may be readily filled without being disturbed by the crowding of the animals which are to be fed. A paddle 21 is arranged upon the u per portion of the framework above one of the bars 7, being held in place by U-shaped holding members 22, and this paddle may be used in distributing the feed properly in the trough. Further, in cleaning the trough the same is raised until the pins 17 engage a side thereof and cause it to tilt on further upward movement, and the handle 18 may be grasped to assist the tilting movement. The paddle 21 is of course convienient for use in cleaning out the trough a so.

The invention possesses various advantages which will be apparent without further recitation. A shelf 23 is carried by one of the uprights comprised in the framework and is ada ted to support a bucket or similar reor. which is used in any similar way.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In combination, a framework, a trough mounted therein, a Windlass mounted in the framework and connected with the trough for raising and lowering the same, and members pro ected from the framework and adapted to engage a side of the trough to tilt the same at a predetermined point in its upward movement.

2. In combination, a framework, a trough mounted therein, a Windlass carried by the framework and connected with opposite ends of the trough to raise and lower the same, pins projected from the framework and engaging a side of the trough to tilt the same at 1 a predetermined point in its upward movement, and a handle carried by the trough at the side opposite that adapted to engage with the pins aforesaid.

3. In combination, a framework embodying spaced pairs of uprights, transverse beams adjacent said pairs of uprights, longitudinal sills connecting said beams, a trough adapted to rest u on the beams and between the longitudina sills, means for raising and lowering the trough, and means upon the under side of the trough for preventing longitudinal displacement thereof.

4. In combination, a framework embodying spaced pairs of uprights, transverse beams adjacent said pairs of uprights, longitudinal sills connecting said beams, a trough adapted to rest u on the beams and between the longitudina sills, means for raisingand lowering the trough, and transverse cleats upon the under side of the trough and adapted to engage the transverse beams to prevent longitudinal movement of the trough when resting thereon, said transverse cleats having the ends thereof beveled outwardly and upwardly to cooperate with the longitudinal sills to centralize the trough between the uprights.

5. In combination, a framework embodying spaced pairs of uprights, transverse beams adjacent said pairs of uprights, longitudinal sills connecting said beams, a trough adapted to rest u on the beams and between the 1011- gitudina sills, means for raising and lowering the trough, transverse cleats upon the under side of the trough and adapted to engage the transverse beams to prevent longitu inal movement of the trough when resting thereon, said transverse cleats having the ends thereof beveled outwardly and upwardly to cooperate with the longitudinal sills to centralize the trough between the uprights, and guide members attached to one of each pair of u rights to engage the trough in its downwar movement, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH B. BOOKOUT. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

E. R. ANDREWS, A. N. SHAW. 

